Threat Research Analyst

NightDragon Acquisition Corp.; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

HUMAN Security in NYC is seeking an Analyst to join the Detection team, protecting the internet by disrupting cybercrime economics. You will manage the full cycle of fraud fighting, from exploratory research to building statistical detection techniques.

Identify new detection methods, deploy rapid mitigations for emerging threats, and collaborate with Product and Engineering to deliver user-focused improvements.

Qualifications

• Strong SQL skills and ability to write efficient queries.
• Experience with data analysis and experimentation.
• Familiarity with fraud detection or AdTech helpful.
• Excellent communication and collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Identify novel methodologies to detect invalid and bot traffic.
• Deploy fast stop-gap mitigations for emerging threats.
• Analyze signals from supply chain data, network and JS signals.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering to deliver customer-facing features.
• Build notebooks and queries to analyze historical data with complex joins and sub-queries.
• Triaging customer and internal inquiries about fraud efficacy as first line of analysis.
• Suggest process and tooling improvements to speed threat identification and action.
• Document research, analyses, and mitigations for auditability.
• Experiment with new methods and tooling to improve threat detection.

Skills

SQL

Snowflake

Python

AdTech

Data analysis

Cross-team collaboration

Job description

The Detection team at HUMAN is dedicated to protecting the internet by disrupting the economics of cybercrime. On Threat Research, we are responsible for identifying bot traffic pretending to be humans viewing ads, understanding how the bad actors are monetizing the invalid traffic, and launching mitigations to stop the bots.

We are looking for an Analyst to join our team; someone who is curious, efficient, and possesses a relentless drive for improvement and will use those tools to manage the full-cycle of fraud fighting: from the early stages of exploratory research to the development and launching of statistical detection techniques.

What you'll do:

• Identify novel methodologies to detect invalid and bot traffic
• Act with speed to deploy stop-gap mitigations for emerging threats
• Deploy robust defenses based on statistical analysis of supply chain data, network & JS signals, and fraud actor behavior
• Deliver new customer-facing features through collaboration with the Product and Engineering teams
• Build complex queries and notebooks to analyze historical data, including the use of techniques such as: sub-queries, temp tables, complex joins, variables
• Participate in week-long rotations with the primary responsibility of Triaging customer and internal inquiries about fraud efficacy by acting as the first line of analysis
• Continuously identify opportunities for process and product improvement (e.g. internal tooling, mitigation processes, etc) that reduce the time needed to identify and action a threat
• Rigorously document research, analyses, and threat mitigations to build visibility and auditability of work
• Experiment! Try new methods of identifying threats. Test out new tooling. If you have ideas, we want you to test them out.

Who you are:

• You have a good sense of ownership which drives you to find ways to do things better, faster, and leaner; you hold yourself accountable for the quality and accuracy of your work
• You love puzzles and trying to think one step ahead of a fraudster; you look to find new and innovative ways to tackle complex problems through meticulous experimentation and application of emerging technologies
• You are open and transparent and work in tight collaboration with other team members on data projects and cross-departmentally
• You are communicative and go out of your way to support your team
• Proficiency at writing performant SQL, bonus points for Snowflake, on TB to PB of data
• Experience improving processes and implementing tooling to accelerate analysis
• Python experience or exposure preferred
• AdTech experience or exposure preferred

About HUMAN Security

HUMAN was founded in a Brooklyn sci-fi bookstore with a hacker mindset and the lofty mission of making the internet safer by putting humans first. Today, our Human Defense Platform safeguards enterprises from sophisticated bots, fraud, and account abuse, verifying the humanity of more than 20 trillion interactions per week for the world’s biggest brands and internet platforms.

HUMAN is an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to protecting the internet's integrity for everyone. We believe in putting people first, embracing diversity of thought from our global teams, and welcoming all individuals to share their unique experiences as we fight cybercrime together. We support our Humans with a comprehensive total rewards package for personal and professional development, including well-being and learning stipends, flexible work options, and dedicated time off. While our HQ is in NYC, we have teams worldwide.

HUMAN is growing fast, and there’s never been a more meaningful time to join us. If you thrive on solving complex problems and want to help shape the future of cybersecurity, join us as we build a safer, more human internet.

If you are an individual with a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please contact us directly.